** Jane Wyman, American actress, philanthropist, and first wife of Ronald Reagan ( Falcon Crest ) ( d. 2007 )

** Ronald Baecker, American computer scientist

** Ronald Syme, New Zealand-born classicist and historian ( d. 1989 )

** Ronald Golias, Brazilian comedian and actor ( d. 2005 )

** Ronald Verlin Cassill, American novelist, short story writer, editor, painter, and lithographer ( d. 2002 )

** A Red Army Faction bomb explodes in the Campbell Barracks of the U. S. Army Supreme European Command in Heidelberg, West Germany ; 3 U. S. soldiers ( Clyde Bonner, Ronald Woodard and Charles Peck ) are killed.

** Apollo 17 ( Gene Cernan, Ronald Evans, Harrison Schmitt ), the last manned Moon mission to date, is launched.

** Ronald Cheng, Hong Kong singer and actor

** Ronald Runaldo Venetiaan, President of Suriname

** Ronald Searle, British cartoonist ( d. 2011 )

** John Ronald Reuel Tolkien marries Edith Bratt ( they would serve as the inspiration for the fictional characters Lúthien and Beren ).

** Ronald Coase, British economist, Nobel laureate

** Actor Ronald Reagan, is elected Governor of California.

** Ronald Allen, English actor ( b. 1930 )

** Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1978 )

** Democrats sweep the U. S. Congressional midterm elections ; Ronald Reagan is reelected governor of California ; Jimmy Carter is elected governor of Georgia.

** Former California Governor Ronald Reagan enters the race for the Republican presidential nomination, challenging incumbent President Gerald Ford.

** President Ronald Reagan becomes the first American chief executive to address a joint session of the British Parliament.

** U. S. President Ronald Reagan nominates former Solicitor General Robert Bork to the Supreme Court.

** On a vote of 58 – 42, the United States Senate rejects President Ronald Reagan's nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court.

** Iran-Contra affair: U. S. Senate and House panels release reports charging President Ronald Reagan with ' ultimate responsibility ' for the affair.

** The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed in Washington, D. C. by U. S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

** Ronald McNair, American astronaut ( b. 1950 )

** Ronald Syme, New Zealand-born classicist and historian ( b. 1903 )

** Ronald Kray, British gangster ( d. 1995 )

** A & W Root Beer

** Twitchett, Denis and Frederick W. Mote, eds.

** The Folding Cliffs by W. S.

** gluon, W and Z bosons, photon

** Oscar Best Costumes in B & W ( Piero Gherardi )

** Oscar for Best Costumes in B & W ( Piero Gherardi )

** Oscar nomination for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration in B & W ( Piero Gherardi )

** Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Silver Ribbons for Best Cinematography in B & W ( Gianni Di Venanzo ), Best Director ( Federico Fellini ), Best Original Story ( Fellini and Flaiano ), Best Producer ( Angelo Rizzoli ), Best Score ( Nino Rota ), Best Screenplay ( Fellini, Pinelli, Flaiano, Rondi ), and Best Supporting Actress ( Sandra Milo )

** W. Somerset Maugham, English writer, best known of the Maughams.

** ( formerly SS Maj. Stephen W. Pless, SS Charles Carroll )

** In complex analysis, the Omega constant, a solution of Lambert's W function

** Andrzej W. Schally, Polish-born endocrinologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

** John W. Weeks, American politician in the Republican Party ( b. 1860 )

** MC Ren, American rapper ( N. W. A )

** W. Willard Wirtz, American administrator ( d. 2010 )

** W. Mark Felt, American Federal Bureau of Investigation Associate Director and Deep Throat Watergate informant ( d. 2008 )

** Charles W. Woodworth, American entomologist ( d. 1940 )

** George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States

** President of the United States George H. W. Bush gives his first State of the Union address and proposes that the U. S. and the Soviet Union make deep cuts to their military forces in Europe.

** In Cartagena, Colombia, a summit is held between President of the United States George H. W. Bush, President of Bolivia Jaime Paz Zamora, President of Colombia Virgilio Barco Vargas, and President of Peru Alan García.

** Cold War: U. S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production and begin destroying their respective stocks.

** George W. Jenkins, American businessman ( b. 1907 )

** W. E. B.

** George W. Jenkins, American businessman ( d. 1996 )

** Howard W. Hunter, American religious leader ( d. 1995 )